Food for thought: two months’ worth of the military budget would wipe out the student loan debt of every current student in America and then some.
Four months’ worth would send every student academically eligible to attend college to school for free.
Three months’ worth would pay for the entire reconstruction of the Gulf Coast, erasing Katrina’s damage.
Friend of Pensive, Chris Penn has posted a short article on where the US military budget could go, and a reminder that we can help make policies in the voting booth this November (well, those of us that are US citizens, so not me -but the point stands).
I’m not a fan of tying political issues to the memories of those that have given their lives in the service of their countries.
And my comment about this over at his blog keeps getting deleted.
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It’s Chris’ call on whether he leaves your comment up or not, but I think it’s very hard to separate politics and “memories of those that have given their lives”. Certainly, those who have died, been injured, and more, in service of their countries deserve respect, but this doesn’t mean that the very loss of that life isn’t a political issue.
It is. War is always a political issue.